Bear clubs often sponsor large yearly events – "bear runs" or "bear gatherings" like the annual events such as Southern HiBearNation in Melbourne, Bear Pride and Bear Essentials in Sydney, Bearstock in Adelaide, HiBearNation in St. Many clubs are loosely organized social groups others are modeled on leather biker-patch clubs, with a strict set of bylaws, membership requirements, and charities. a bear without hair.Īt the onset of the bear movement, some bears separated from the gay community at large, forming "bear clubs" to create social and sexual opportunities of their own. The word 'manatee' describes a big, hairless man, i.e. In San Francisco in the 1970s, any hairy man of whatever shape was referred to as a 'bear' until the term was appropriated by larger men, and other words had to be used to describe hairy other-shaped men such as otter (slim), cub (young bear on the way), or wolf (hairy, medium build). īears at the 2009 Marcha Gay in Mexico City Some bears place importance on presenting a clear masculine image and may disdain or shun men who exhibit effeminacy, while others consider acceptance and inclusiveness of all behavioural types to be an important value of the community. The bear concept can function as an identity or an affiliation, and there is ongoing debate in bear communities about what constitutes a bear. George Mazzei wrote an article for The Advocate in 1979 called "Who's Who in the Zoo?", that characterized gay men as seven types of animals, including bears. The term 'bear' was popularized by Richard Bulger, who, along with his then partner Chris Nelson (1960–2006), founded Bear Magazine in 1987. In the mid-1980s gay men in the San Francisco Bay Area who called themselves 'bears' met informally at Bear Hug (sex) parties and via the newly-emerging Internet.
The word 'manatee' describes a big, hairless man, i.e., a bear without hair. However, in San Francisco during the 1970s, any hairy man of whatever shape was referred to as a 'bear' until the term was appropriated by larger men, and other words had to be used to describe hairy other-shaped men such as otter (slim), cub (young bear on the way), or wolf (hairy, medium build). In gay culture, a bear is a larger and often hairier man who projects an image of rugged masculinity.
Furry Games on Steam: A large compilation of "furry games", but just about every game is there even if it has only passing amounts of furry content, so it isn't terribly useful.The International Bear Brotherhood Flag, the pride flag of the bear community.Good if you want a trip back into the past to see what it was like. Previous list of VNs, as compiled by bodycat7: Not updated and contains a number of discontinued projects.The lists below are older, but I include them for completion and also as a matter of historical preservation. Bara Games by hyou vizer: A frequently maintained collection of bara games, furry and otherwise.Furry VN Check List by Orikson: FVN list curated by Orikson.Also collect third-party localized resource links for these games. Furry Games Index : FGI is a project to collect, organize, classify, tag games which are "furry games" or include furry and/or kemono contents.Text-Based & Twine Gay Erotica: Thoroughly gay text-based games (not visual novels).Bara Games: Leans more on the bara side, including non-FVN games.Gay Furry Visual Novels: Focused exclusively on gay FVNs.Sometimes they have other games too, if applicable, but that shouldn't be an issue. The lists below mostly contain furry visual novels and are updated semi-frequently. This has afforded us the luxury of dividing what used to be an all-encompassing list into a number of more specific ones.
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It has a collection feature that allows users to make their own easy to update lists of games. Most (but not all) of them are on Itch.io. There was no centralized place for them, they were few and far between and you'd only stumble on new projects while browsing imageboards or FurAffinity. Just three or four years ago finding a furry visual novel was a complicated task.